Easy Go scooter bike alternative for mobility scooter

Easy Go scooter bike from Van Raam

Van Raam is a manufacturer of adapted bicycles. Besides tricycles, wheelchair bikes, tandems, side-by-side tandems, low entry bikes and a walking aid, Van Raam also makes a  scooter bike: the Easy Go. The Easy Go can be used in three different positions:

• As a bicycle

• As an electric bike

• As a mobility scooter

This makes the Easy Go extremely suitable for people with a varying energy level who want to move around independently. 

Alternative mobility scooter: the Easy Go

The Easy Go is a good alternative for a mobility scooter. The Easy Go has the same advantages as a mobility scooter, you can move yourself independently. In addition, the Easy Go offers the additional option of (electric) cycling. It is a mobility scooter and bicycle in one. The Easy Go has a footplate which you fold up when you want to (electrically) cycle, both forwards and backwards. When the footplate is folded down, you can use the Easy Go as a mobility scooter. In the mobility scooter mode you can drive forward and backward with 5, 10, or 15 km per hour. 

Differences between the Easy Go and a mobility scooter

There are some major differences between the Easy Go and a mobility scooter. One big difference, for example, is the way of giving gas. On a mobility scooter you give gas by squeezing a lever. On the Easy Go with a thumb throttle or hand throttle (optional). Another difference is the way the vehicle comes to a stop. On a mobility scooter this is by releasing a lever and on the scooter bike this is by operating the hand brake(s), just like on a bicycle. Read all the differences in the article 'Difference between the scooter bike and the mobility scooter'.